Conor Pope
Consumer Affairs Correspondent and Pricewatch Editor at Irish Times
I dropped out of the Cubs because it clashed with The Incredible Hulk on the telly. I work for The Irish Times. DMs were open until the X man made me close them
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Conor Pope
The cost of some private health insurance plans jumped by more than 25 per cent over a 12 month period with the average price increase put at in excess of 12 per cent, according to new data from the watchdog overseeing the sector. The annual market report from the Health Insurance Authority (HIA) also indicates that the over 65s are paying 44 per cent more for cover than the average as they tend to have policies with higher benefits.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Conor Pope
We should expect our banks to protect our money but sometimes their policing of our accounts might be considered overzealous. Other times it makes sense. We were contacted by a reader in his 80s and lives in China off his Irish pension. Or at least he did until he received an email from his pension provider to say that his February payment had been returned as his Bank of Ireland account was blocked.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Conor Pope
Last week we highlighted the woes of a reader called Alison who bought what she thought was a size 10 outfit from a shop she thought was in Kildare only for a size 6 dress to arrive all the way from China. Poor Alison then had what can best be described as a torturous – and ultimately futile – experience trying to extract a refund from the company that called itself Collins Kildare despite having about as much connection to Kildare – or indeed any Collins – as a wildebeest on the Serengeti.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Conor Pope
A legal action seeking a judicial review of the State’s treatment of children with gender identity issues is due to come before the High Court shortly. The action against the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) is being taken by Prof Donal O’Shea and psychiatrist Dr Paul Moran, a consultant psychiatrist at the National Gender Service (NGS).
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Conor Pope
Colin Farrell described his father Eamon as “bold and unique and funny and charismatic and kind” man who had a somewhat loose interpretation of the rules of the road at his funeral service in the Lady of the Victories Church In Ballymun on Saturday. In a moving tribute before more than 100 mourners including the deceased’s wife Eileen, delivered in the form of a letter to his father, the actor recalled moments he said were “frozen in time”.
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